Swan

from Cruel Optimism by NATURAL VELVET

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When you look back I’ll still be here
Empty hands little swan carrying on
Never will I give you that pleasure
Don’t you know it’s I who made the rules?

A fix-it-yourself fairytale
Silent till the beautiful end song
Body fails long after you’re gone
Don’t you know I will transform?

I say I’m finished
But I have lied
I’ll always bounce back
In the nick of time

Paranoid spells dance in your mind
No silence—I will endure
Never can you have it all
Don’t you know it’s never been for you?

I say I’m finished
But I have lied
I’ll always bounce back
In the nick of time

I will learn to be strong
Carrying on
Silent twilight and dawn
Carrying on

I say I’m finished
But I have lied
I’ll always bounce back
In the nick of time

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from Cruel Optimism, released March 3, 2023

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